HomeMy WebLinkAbout5364-8/22/2016Prepared by Kelley Felchle, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo,
IA 50703, (319) 291-4323.
ORDINANCE NO. 5364
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2007 CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, BY REPEALING SECTIONS
5, 6, 9 AND 10 OF ARTICLE F, FOUNDATION DRAIN
DISCONNECTION, OF CHAPTER 3, SEWER REGULATIONS, OF
TITLE 8, PUBLIC UTILITIES; AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF
NEW SECTIONS 5, 6, 9 AND 10 OF SAID ARTICLE F.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA
AS FOLLOWS:
That Sections 5, 6, 9 and 10 of Article F, Footing Drain Disconnection, of Chapter 3, Sewer
Regulations, of Title 8, Public Utilities, of the 2007 Code of Ordinances of the City of Waterloo,
Iowa, are hereby repealed in their entirety; and that new Sections 5, 6, 9 and 10 of said Article F are
hereby enacted in lieu thereof as follows:
8-3F-5: DISCONNECTION OF FOUNDATION DRAIN CONNECTIONS REQUIRED: All
direct or indirect connections of a foundation drain within the established district shall be
disconnected from the sanitary sewer system within three (3) years after the effective date of
establishment of the district in which said connection is located. Disconnection shall mean
termination of any direct or indirect connection to the sanitary sewer system, including direct
connections to the sanitary sewer service, connections to a sanitary sewer floor drain, or any similar
plumbing fixture that would allow foundation drain flow or surface water flow to enter the sanitary
sewer system. All disconnections of any such foundation drain systems or devices shall conform to
current standards adopted as administrative policy by the City Building Official.
8-3F-6: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DISCONNECTION: Any sanitary sewer system
customer completing the disconnection of a foundation drain from the sanitary sewer system as
provided in this article shall be entitled to a financial assistance payment from the City not to
exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) of actual costs incurred for said disconnection, which may
also include the cost to install backflow prevention devices. Financial assistance shall be subject to
compliance with the provisions of this article for an approved disconnection procedure. Such
payment shall be subject to the submittal of invoices, vouchers and documentation clearly
establishing the costs incurred. To qualify for the financial assistance, the approved disconnection
procedure must be completed within three (3) years after the effective date for establishment of the
district in which the property is located, and the sanitary sewer system customer must submit a
written application for assistance in complete form to the City no later than thirty (30) days after the
end of said 3 -year period. Approved disconnections made before the effective date for
establishment of the district but after the date of adoption of the ordinance that identified the district
will also be eligible for the financial assistance payment, provided that payment will not be made
until after the effective date. Approved disconnections in District 1 made between January 1, 2013
and December 31, 2014 shall be eligible for the amount of the financial assistance payment stated
above. In order to ease the City's administrative burden and to reduce program costs, the
application for assistance shall include, on a form approved by the City Building Official, an
assignment to the contractor of the applicant's right to receive the financial assistance payment,
provided that said assignment shall not be mandatory for qualifying work done before January 1,
2015. Any work done after said 3- year period for purposes of complying with the requirements of
this article will not qualify for any financial assistance hereunder. The payment of financial
assistance by the City under this section shall not be deemed to give rise to any liability on the part
of the City for work performed by a contractor or any other person.
Ordinance No. 5364
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8-3F-9: NON-COMPLIANCE FEE FOR FOUNDATION DRAIN CONNECTION: Any sanitary
sewer customer within an established district with a direct or indirect foundation drain connection
to the sanitary sewer system remaining in place three (3) years after the effective date for the
establishment of the district shall be subject to a monthly fee of $50.00 for the extraneous flow, or
potential extraneous flow, contributed to the sanitary sewer system. The payment will be in addition
to all other sanitary sewer user charges and shall continue to accrue from month to month until such
time as the City determines through inspection either that the direct or indirect foundation drain
connection no longer exists or that there was no direct or indirect foundation drain connection as of
the date of establishment of the district. Extraneous flow fees remaining unpaid may be assessed
against the property for collection in the same manner as a property tax, as provided in state law. 8-
3F-10: REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION: There is a presumption that all sanitary sewer customers
within the established district have a foundation drain connection to the sanitary sewer system as
prohibited under this article. Beginning three (3) years after the effective date for the establishment
of the district, all properties within the district that have not completed an approved disconnection
procedure or other equivalent disconnection procedure inspected and documented by the City, or
that have not provided to the City a certified statement from a licensed master plumber, licensed
residential building contractor, or City plumbing inspector that the property does not have a
foundation drain connection, shall be presumed to have a foundation drain connection for purposes
of this article.
INTRODUCED: August 22, 2016
PASSED 1St CONSIDERATION: August 22, 2016
PASSED 2nd CONSIDERATION: August 22, 2016
PASSED 3rd CONSIDERATION: August 22, 2016
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of August 2016.
ATTEST:
Kelley Fele ie
Deputy City lerk
Quentin Hart, Mayor
CERTIFICATE
I, Kelley Felchle, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do hereby certify that
the preceding is a true and complete copy of Ordinance No. 5364 as passed and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 22nd day of August 2016.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 22nd day of August 2016.
Kelley Fel
Deputy Ci
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